HARD CASE DRUM CASES

GRETSCH CATALINA
Club Rock kit.Get yourself
anicekit to protect in your
new Hardcases.
SABIAN HH
Cymbal set.Nopoint
havingcases forcymbals
without cymbals, is there?
single centralhandscrew,whereas the
HN9LCYM22 has an internal version to secure
the cymbals, and three external clips. These
cases can take a beating – I used one on a
budget airline flight with my cymbals in the
hold (they insisted!) and they made it through
the ordeal unscathed.
Verdict
Hardcase follow the Ronseal school of
productdesign –itquite literally does what it
says on the tin. If you’re entrustingyour pride
and joytoanyone else,flightcases aside,
Hardcase cases are the only realistic
alternative. Capable of beingslunginthe back
of a van and thrown around between gigs,
they’re strong, relatively lightweight given
their rigid nature, and there’s a case for
almost any application.
The newcoloursmean even hardcore
fashion victims can now tailor their cases to
their aesthetics, and that your cases aren’t
likely to get mixed up with others at gigs
where there’s more than one kit on stage.
The new refinements, and the wheels on
TRY IT WITH...
the bass drum case in particular, mean that
the traditional Achilles heel of these cases –
their potential unwieldiness – has been
minimised to a greater extent so those of us
without roadies (ie: 99 percent of us) don’t
have to worryabout herniatingevery time
we load in and out of the car.
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Now those of us without
roadies don’t need to worry about
herniating every time we load in and out of the car
ALL CASES HAVE
waterproof, high-impact
polyethylene shells
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